Nico Rosberg would be a deserved world champion if he holds off Lewis Hamilton this season, claims Sky F1s Damon Hill on the F1 Report. The German holds a 23-point advantage after his Mercedes team-mates latest mechanical failure in Malaysia, with Hamilton leading and heading for a title lead before an engine blow-out.But while Rosberg rode his luck last weekend on his way to third, 1996 world champion Hill believes the 31-year-olds performances over the year, in which he has won eight races, means he would merit a maiden F1 title. Does Lewis need to win all five? Lewis Hamilton has a mountain to climb after falling 23 points behind Nico Rosberg in the title race If he wins the championship I think it will be thoroughly deserved, Hill said on this weeks F1 Report, which airs tonight at 8:30pm on Sky Sports F1. Hes really worked hard.Since the pain in defeat in Austin [in 2015] we all saw a changed person in Nico. He went on to win all the remaining races and hes put up a very strong challenge this year.Some of his drives have been impeccable. Hill was joined on the F1 Report by Ben Hunt, Formula 1 correspondent at The Sun, and he agreed that Rosberg has toughened up in 2016 after losing out to Hamilton in the previous two seasons.I spoke to him at the start of the season and I accused him of being too nice, that youve got to get your elbows out and be tough, Hunt explained. Thats exactly what hes done this year. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for £6.99. No contract. He denied it at the time and I thought that the title was lost at that moment. But in actual fact hes bounced back, hes shown good mental strength. He deserves the championship, if he were to win, but equally Lewis would as well.Hamilton can only guarantee becoming a four-time world champion this season by winning all of the remaining five races, starting at the Japanese GP this weekend. But Hill claimed it was too early to say Rosberg had one hand on the title, admitting he too could be struck by Mercedes reliability problems. This week on the F1 Report, Natalie Pinkham is joined by 1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill and The Suns F1 correspondent Ben Hunt He can afford to cruise and collect a little bit, Hill mused. But this bad luck, if it has all weighted towards Lewis then you kind of get the feeling that something is also going to happen to his team-mate. It only takes one race.Hunt, meanwhile, added that it has not just been Hamilton who has been hampered by mechanical glitches during the duos three-year stay with the Silver Arrows. The F1 Gossip column Mercedes to enter Formula E; James Key to Williams? All change at Renault? This seasons quite strange as its a parallel to 2014 when Nico and Lewis were going at it, he said. 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"I dont know, standing on the edge of the cliff probably is a better way to describe it." Down 4-1 with only three outs left, the punchless Mets fought back, sparked by Daniel Murphys two-run homer. Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said Papelbon was sore and unavailable to pitch in a third straight game. "The daily grind of the season," Papelbon said. "Its just kind of a product of the last couple of games." Lefty reliever Antonio Bastardo and Roberto Hernandez -- who started Friday night -- quickly let the Phillies lead slip away. In the 11th, Chris Young opened with an infield single, barely beating the flip from second baseman Chase Utleys glove. The Mets sent up pitcher Zack Wheeler as a pinch-hitter, and he put down a perfect sacrifice bunt that moved Young to second. Juan Lagares drew an intentional walk and Anthony Recker loaded with the bases with another infield hit stopped by diving third baseman Reid Brignac. Tejada won it with one out, hitting a sharp single to left-centre against Jeff Manship (1-1). Tejadas teammates chased him down in short right field to celebrate. "It feels pretty good after a rough week for me and the team," said Tejada, who recently lost his starting job at shortstop. Scott Rice (1-1) got Brignac on a grounder with two runners on to finish the 11th. Held to a total of nine runs in their previous five games, the Mets began their comeback in the ninth when Eric Young Jr. led off with a double and Murphy followed with a home run that made it 4-3. Chris Young ended his 0-for-18 slump by hitting a one-out double off the wall, and Hernandez emerged from the bullpen -- he threw 99 pitches in the series opener. Pinch-hitter Bobby Abreu sinngled off the glove of a diving Utley, and a slow grounder by Lagares drove in the tying run.dddddddddddd. When Tejada came up in the 11th, he said he had one thought in mind: "Finish the game." The Mets comeback denied Cole Hamels his elusive first win of the year and the 100th of his career. He struck out 10 in seven innings while throwing a whopping 133 pitches, the most by any major leaguer since San Franciscos Tim Lincecum tossed 148 in his no-hitter last July 13. The Mets started quickly when Young Jr. led off with a single and stole second, Murphy walked and David Wright hit an RBI single. NOTES: A day after making his debut, the Mets Eric Campbell singled for his first big league hit. ... Jonathon Niese struck out twice, leaving Mets pitchers 0 for 63 at the plate this year. ... The four-game Subway Series begins Monday night at Yankee Stadium with Mets RHP Bartolo Colon (2-5, 5.36 ERA) facing RHP Hiroki Kuroda (2-3, 4.43). The teams play twice in the Bronx before shifting across town for two more at Citi Field. The Mets went 4-0 against the Yankees last year. ... Lefty-hitting Curtis Granderson didnt start vs. Hamels, but Collins said the outfielder would be in the lineup Monday night. It will be Grandersons first game in the Bronx since leaving the Yankees in the off-season, signing with the Mets and saying: "A lot of the people Ive met in New York have always said that true New Yorkers are Mets fans." ... Several players swung pink bats on Mothers Day to support the fight against breast cancer. In keeping with the days theme, Mets reliever Carlos Torres asked the team to play the hip-hop song "Dear Mama" by the late Tupac Shakur over the PA system if he got into the game Sunday. Torres didnt pitch. ... It was Bark at the Park Day to support pet rescue and adoption. Many fans brought their dogs for a pregame parade around the warning track. Not barking was longtime Mets hot dog vendor Willie B, popular for his loud woofing in the second deck. He said his back was hurting, so he was carrying a lighter tray of pretzels. Real dogs are allowed to sit with their owners in the right-field porch at these Bark events -- on those days, Willie B says he instead refers to his usual wares as "frankfurters, out of respect." ' ' '